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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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