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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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