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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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