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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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