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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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