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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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