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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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