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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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