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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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