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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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