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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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