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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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