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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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