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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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