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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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