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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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