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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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