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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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