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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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