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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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