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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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