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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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