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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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