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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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