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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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