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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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