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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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