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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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