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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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