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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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