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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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