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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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