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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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