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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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