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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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