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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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