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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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