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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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