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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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