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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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