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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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