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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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