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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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