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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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