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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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