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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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