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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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