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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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