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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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