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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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