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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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