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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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