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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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