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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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