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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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