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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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