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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major 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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