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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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