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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around 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 free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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