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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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