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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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