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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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