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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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