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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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