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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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