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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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