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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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