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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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