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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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