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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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