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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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