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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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