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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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