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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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