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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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