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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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