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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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