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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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