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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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