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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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