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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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