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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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