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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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