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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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