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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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