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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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