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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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