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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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