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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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