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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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