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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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