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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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