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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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