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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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