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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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