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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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