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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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