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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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