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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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