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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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