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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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