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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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