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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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