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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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