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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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