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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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