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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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