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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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