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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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