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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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