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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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