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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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