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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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