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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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