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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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