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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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