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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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