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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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