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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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