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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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