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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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