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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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