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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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