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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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