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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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