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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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