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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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