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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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