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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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