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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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