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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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