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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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