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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators 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 organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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