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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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