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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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