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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education