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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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