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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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