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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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