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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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