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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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