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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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