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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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