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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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