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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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