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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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