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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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