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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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