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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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