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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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