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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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