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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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