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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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