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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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