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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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