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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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