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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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