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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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