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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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