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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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