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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education