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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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