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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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