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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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