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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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