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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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