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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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