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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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