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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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