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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different 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 stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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