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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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