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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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