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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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