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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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