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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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