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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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