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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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