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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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