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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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