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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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