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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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