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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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