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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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