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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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