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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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