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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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