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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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