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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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