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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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