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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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