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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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