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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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