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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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