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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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