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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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