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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses 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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