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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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