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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? 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 massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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