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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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