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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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