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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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