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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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