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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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