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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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