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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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