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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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