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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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