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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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