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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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