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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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