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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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