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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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