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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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