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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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