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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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