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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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