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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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