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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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