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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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