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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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