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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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