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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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