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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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