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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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