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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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