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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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