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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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