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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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