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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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