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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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