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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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