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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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