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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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