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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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