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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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