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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always 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 variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key 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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