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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business 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 we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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