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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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