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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the major 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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