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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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