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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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