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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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