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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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