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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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