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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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