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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important 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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