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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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