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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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