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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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