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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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