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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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