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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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