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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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