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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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