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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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