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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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