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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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