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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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