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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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