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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines 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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