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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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