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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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