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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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