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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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