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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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