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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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