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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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