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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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