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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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