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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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