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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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