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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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