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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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