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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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