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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major 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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