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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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