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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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