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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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