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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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