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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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