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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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