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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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