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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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