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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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