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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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