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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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