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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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