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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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