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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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