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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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