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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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