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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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