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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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