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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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