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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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