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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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