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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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