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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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