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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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