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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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