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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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