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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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