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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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