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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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