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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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