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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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