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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major 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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