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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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