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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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