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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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