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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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