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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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