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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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