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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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