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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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