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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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