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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the 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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