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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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