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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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