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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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