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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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