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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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