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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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