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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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