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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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