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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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