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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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