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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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