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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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