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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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