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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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