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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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