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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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