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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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