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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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