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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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