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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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