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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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