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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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