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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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