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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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