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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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