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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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