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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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