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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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