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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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