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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education