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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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