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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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