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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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