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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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