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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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