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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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