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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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