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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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