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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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