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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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