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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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