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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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