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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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