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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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