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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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