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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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