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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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