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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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