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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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