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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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