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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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