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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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