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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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