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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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