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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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