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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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