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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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