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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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