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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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