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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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