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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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