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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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