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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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