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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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