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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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