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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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