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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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