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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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