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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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