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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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