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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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