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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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