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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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