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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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