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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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