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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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