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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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