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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the 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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