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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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