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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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