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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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