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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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