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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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