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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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