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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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