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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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