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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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