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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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