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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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