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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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