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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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