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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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