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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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