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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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