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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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