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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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