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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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