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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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