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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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