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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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