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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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