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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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