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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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