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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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