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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major 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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