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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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