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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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