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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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