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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources