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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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