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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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