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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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