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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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