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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key 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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