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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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