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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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