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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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