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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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