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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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