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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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