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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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