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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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