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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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