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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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