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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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