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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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