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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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