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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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