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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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