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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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