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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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