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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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