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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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