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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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