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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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