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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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