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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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