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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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