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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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