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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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