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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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