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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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