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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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