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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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