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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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