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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important 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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