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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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