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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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