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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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