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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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