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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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