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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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