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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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