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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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