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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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