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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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