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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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