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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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