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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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