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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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