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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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