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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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