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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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