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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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