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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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