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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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