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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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