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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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