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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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