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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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