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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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