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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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