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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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