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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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