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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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