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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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