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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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