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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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