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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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