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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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