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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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