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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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