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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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