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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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