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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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