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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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