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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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