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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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