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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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