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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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