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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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