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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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