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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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