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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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