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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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